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Gacula vs. RP, et al

CONSTANCIA P. GACULA, petitioner, vs. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES (Bureau of Public Schools), WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION defunct and/or COMPENSATION APPEALS AND REVIEW STAFF, Office of the Secretary of Labor, Department of Labor, respondents.

G.R. No. L-45080 | 1979-11-21

D E C I S I O N

MAKASIAR, J:

This is a petition for review on certiorari of the order of the Workmen's Compensation Commission dated December 18, 1975 in RO4-WC Case No. 153282-424-XX reversing the award made by the Acting Referee, Regional Office No. 4, Workmen's Compensation Section, Manila, awarding petitioner disability compensation benefits under the Workmen's Compensation Act.

The undisputed facts are as follows:

"The claimant started working with the respondent on November 1, 1939 up to October 1, 1970 with interruption during the time of war as a classroom teacher and was assigned in the Division of Ilocos Sur. As such...